The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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2018 update: More evidence that half of Americans are in or near poverty
By any rational definition of poverty, half of our country's households are dealing with it.
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UN Report Slams U.S. for Criminalizing Poverty As Destitution Grows
The report concludes that the persistence of extreme poverty in the U.S. is a political choice made by people in power, and criticizes U.S. policy for making health care a privilege, not a right.
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An Economy that Works for All: Learning from the UK's Labour Manifesto
What Bernie Sanders is not talking about is a more thorough transformation of the economy that would democratize wealth and how it is created – like the UK Labour Party is proposing.
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'Take Away Our Poverty, Not Our Children!': Poor People's Campaign Caps Off 40 Days of Action
Thousands rallied in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, calling for a "moral revival" and demanding that America "Fight Poverty Not the Poor."
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The Taking of Millennial Wealth by Rich White Boomers
Ten years after the recession, most Americans, including Baby Boomers, are still struggling with finances.
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Five Charts That Show How the U.S. Has Failed To Tackle Its Inequality Gap
A new UN poverty report has castigated the U.S. over its extreme poverty levels and inequality, and condemned Donald Trump's “systematic attack on America’s welfare program.”
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'CEOs Don't Want This Released': U.S. Study Lays Bare Extreme Pay-Ratio Problem
The first comprehensive study of CEO-to-worker pay reveals an extraordinary disparity – with the highest gap approaching 5,000 to 1.
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3 More Reasons for Wealth-Deprived Americans to Take to the Streets
The rest of America has been left behind, but their voices are getting louder – demonstrated by the teachers around the country who are fighting back against income and wealth inequality.
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Richest 1% on Target to Own Two-Thirds of All Wealth By 2030
World leaders are urged to act as anger over inequality reaches a ‘tipping point.’
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Make America Grate Again: Why The Trump Tax Cuts Are Bad for Democracy
What they really do is inflate the national debt while concentrating wealth and political power into fewer and fewer hands.
